Tombstone epitaph., 1887-08-27
The Many Things into Which Paper is
 Made,

The reporter ralse0 It With some dlH culty. It was of very close fiber, an' 90 highly polished that it resembles rose- wood. Its inventor tapped it with his nail, and said:
 "It doesn't look much like paper. does itP"
 alt seems more like iron. Is 1t possi- ble it is made of paper?"
 "Oh, yes; almost anything can now be made of paper. A paper bali can bs rendered so solid that noth.ng will ia' dent it but diamond tool. Car-wheels are now made of paper. Its strength is astonishing. You can suspend 339 lbs. from Bank of England note and twill not part. Bath-tubs, pots, plates, knives, forks, cooking stoves. printing presses, steam engines and chimneyS are made of paper nowadays. and there Is absolutely no limit to the uses tc which it may be put"
 "Have paper cross-ties ever beer usedp"
 "Not yet The cross-tie is my lnven tion."
 "How did you happen to think of itP''
 "Well, 1 didn't happen to think vf it exactly. l started out deliberately tl invent a substitute for the wooden cross. tic or sleeper, and kept steadily at il until was successful. I thought of pa. per. There are scores of mills in the country where paper, straw, prairie grass, and other tibrOus substances ar, converted into straw boards. The pro- cess is simple. The straw is reduced to d pulp and run out into boards. These straw boards are sold all over the coun- try as substitutes for wood. My inven- ton utiizes straw board. The cross-tie is constructed of sheets or layers of pa, per or straw board, laid one upon an- other, cemented and compressed into mOlds. It makes a perfect cross tie. II is practically water and fire proof, as ii is manufac under 500 degrees oi heat. Atmospheric changes have no et. feet on i.. It can be made as cheap as wood at the present time, and will last Ut lest twenty-five years. "--Nsv YorA eua
 Major Edwards, the fat editor of the Fargo CD. T. Argus. is believed to be the biggest man in the newspaper bus- mess in the United St tes. He is said to tip the beam at $40 pounds.
 Up to date, nine authors of the ex. pression of ''paint the town red" have appeared, and when the search is pros- ecuied further. as it will be, several more will probably be discovered.
 So plentiful and cheap is natural gas in Pittsburg that it is being used exten- sively in place of coal All it costs is the boring of well and the pipe in which to convey it to the place of use. If the supply should prove permanent, it will drive coal out of the market.
 The investigation into the practica! utility of the natural gas of Western Pennsylvania is being pushed into var ious brancheS of industry with p,Smis- ing results. The reservoirs fmuisn a steady and reliable supply of gas, which is useful for light, and in quantities ser viceable for manufacturing fuel It has just been discovered that it makes a perfect glass for lenses and can be successfully used in annealing glass.
 Recently a curious incident happened to the Belgian lion which surmounts the Prussian mound on the battle field of Waterloo. Some French soldiers were passing there, and, naturally feel ing indignant at the monument con- memorating their nations defeat. they seconded the mound and hacked off the tail of the lion with their swords. Of course, the French Foreign Minister had to apologize for the act, but, all the same, the English Government had to buy Mir. Lion new tail and screw it on.
 The Brazilian exr .sses half his ideas by means of hiss. If he wishes to call the attention of waiter he does 1t with hiss; if he finds it necessary to curse the tagging gait of his mule, it is hiss that conveys the impreca- tion. The sibilant sound is softeneG somewhat Tn it's utterance by the lips, and it is remarkable how far it may be through din. It requires less expenditure of vitality to utter hiss than an articulate word, and in Brazil saving of vitality, however small, is not despised.
 Here is description of Nebraska girl: "A beautiful cowgirl lives near Markell, Tal Tor County. Neb. She owns some stock, which she personally looks after At a recent roundup her dazzling beauty and graceful horse- were wonderful to behold. A yearling broke from the herd. which three cowboys failed to contine, when the beautiful girl dashed out after it, rOping on the second circle, and pulled t by the horn of her saddle into the nerd. Tne boys shouted, wept, and never ceased to love-"
 Sees wlli 70 rom three 10 sevc. niles In search of honey, but it is be- ieveJ that when they have to go over ;wr miles they bring back but little rney.
 Kug Alfonso, of Spain. wants all the nations to take part in the grand cele- )ration in Spain of the Columbian dis. 'overy of America, and not to hold the in Italy or America.
 The person referred to in Leigh Hunts "Jenny Kissed Me When We Net" was Mrs. JaneWelsh Carlyle. No wonder Ms. Carlyle disliked Mrs. Hant, md no wonder that Thomas found Mr. Hunt sometimes tiresome.
 The Toronto Globe SAYS that the man. Ifacturers of Canada have reached the tage of over-production. They are al- eady capable of producing more boots nd shoes, woolens and 1vttons than can @ marketed in Canada.
 Mrs. Parloa, the well-known lecturer n culinary science, was chief cook of he St. James Hotel, Jacksonville, Flor. da, ten years ago, and afterward be- anne n teacher in the puhiin scbools n,